Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-16

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ELrEAnHrarowN, Nay l6-Oa Sunday
q $50 o'clock, ~ eooloo0e q fase Lane eeeh
running at full speed, n0eiosd . nsa siee,ne
o. the t.ack about Two hundred yafdo 49,
a the depot In this place He immsdAscy
soandsd the alarm By quick suo0sssive
whistlins, but 70 no avail, = The meA ooy
surusd his head end laughed, GO nys ne
sueinssr) In the twinklins OF 60 sye nh
doom he'd come. and he rassed from lifs 10
eternity.
He wss thrown . distance Of 2S yards,
down an emhau ment against the fsuce, two
rails being broken to pieces BY his terrible
fall His name was Peter Rsfferty, aeed
sbout 40 yssra He was employed By the p.
n h company, and was boarding IN this
placA His lees were both broken above the
ankle, his len arm broken and some OF his
ribe, his left shoulder crushed from being
seruck BY the cow.catcher, aud he Wss also
cut terribly about the heed and b0dy. He
lived about ten minutes being unconscious
oil the time
The man was walking around the railroad
from sarly morning, and had but one shoe
on. He WAS drinking the night before and
when found bsd pint bottle In his pocket
which contained small quantity Of whisky.
Shortly after o'clock he inquired Of the tel.
egraph operator the time OF day In . Pheasant
voica He then walked up the railroad .
short distance and at down. Several per.
sons who lived 100 feet distant from the rail.
road saw him sit down and supposed that he
was whiting wood This 10 true, a the In.
rELLIeEScER correspondent fouad the
knife with . blade open. The persons
who saw him sitting said that when
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head and watched the train coming. Some
people think his intention was to commit
suicide In that manner, while other theories
are that he imagined he was on the siding.
| Your correspondents opinion Ii that the
man was stupehed with drink and was unable
| to see himself at deaths jawA
An inquest was held by Deputy Coroner
Matthias Shank and DR.. =. X. Nissley with
the following jury: Henry Harmony, NJ. n.
| Nissley, J. W. Roeting, Michael Weaver, U.
| A. Heck, and Samuel Foltz, VINO returned q
| verdict thAt "Peter Rafferty, came 10 hia
death BY being accidentally killed while
| sitting ON the track by the Fast Line east at
| $50 . m.
The company at later hour notified Coroner
Shank to hand the body over to the county
| authorities and that every endeavor would
be used to fnd brother who IL supposed 4
| keep hotel In Port Richmond, Pa Raffert,
was buried Sunday afternoon In the Catholi
| cemetery here This 10 the second persol
who was killed on tnis short branch withi
one week and within six mileA
| Borough Bffefa
Yesterday morning . special sermon NJ
preached in the Lutheran church here b
Rev. G. 8. Seaman. The John NJ. Good pos
5G2, q. A r., OF this place, attended in
body and listened to . sermon touching uro
works OF the soldiers on earth and closing b
, | remarks on the soldiers of Christ 1t VI
! very impressive and was listened to by yer
large audience.
News OF enterprise in this old.fsshione
borough Ii about a. usual lots Of promise
: and suggestions, but no capital invested
All our town has done In the past two year
was to charter two banks with . capital
I Sl5O, 900, in order to do business with farmer
and business men, with no other industr
back of 1t but common labor. We extend Q
capitalists q hearty welcome to our beautifr
and ancient borough and bespeak . heart
reception in the establishment OF new An
, needful industries